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This chapter explores some of the core epistemological and methodological dilemmas I experienced in the process of ethnographic research in post-socialist Albania during 2003–2009.1 As I prepared for my field research, I was filled with anxiety about two things. First, as an outsider, I wondered what I could possibly claim to know about the world of Albanian educators.
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Gardinier, M.P. (2017). “Now I have Three Directors”. In: Silova, I., Sobe, N.W., Korzh, A., Kovalchuk, S. (eds) Reimagining Utopias. Bold Visions in Educational Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-011-0_4
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